Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-01-26
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

Congressman Aiken does not seem to
improve much. He is still confined to his
room, and his condition remains about the
same.
- Ben Eison, a white youth aged. II, hung
himself at Jonesville, Union county, Thurs
day night. No cause is assigned for the
suicide except the account Of the hanging OF
Cluverius.
- The house of Calvin Bass, in Kershaw
county, has been destroyed by an incendiary
fire. Bass wife, who was sick in bed, and
her two small children, perished in the
flames.
A detachment of the Salvation Army
will invade Greenville, at an early day.
Captain" Newton, who announces himself
as the advance guard of the army, has
leased hall in that city for six months.
"A correspondent writing from Ninety
Six says that farmers around in that vicini-
ty are with one accord for liking Cotton"
Their fathers and grandfathers supported
this monarch and they feel that it is their
duty to do likewise.
Capt. X. G. Billings, of Lancaster, serv-
ed with the Palmetto Regiment in Mexico,
and recently, having been restored to the
pension roll, he received more than four
thousand dollars from the government, the
amount being the arrears to which he was
entitled.
= Unknown persons uncoupled the cars
of freight train at Winnsboro' on the night
of January 10, and thereby caused a delay
of several minutes. When the train started
off they fired at the conductor, Capt. M. j.
Land, who returned the fire. No harm was
done on either side.
Mr.. Samuel E. Lyon, an old and we'll
known lawyer of New York city, died sud-
denly at Aiken on the afternoon of the
Goth, of heart disease, just after he had left
the dinner table. He arrived at Aiken on
his annual visit only the day before his
death.
ON Tuesday during recess the school
house at Reidville, Spartanburg county,
took fire on the roof and was burned down.
It was handsome and substantial building
and its loss is a serious blow to the thrifty
and intelligent people Of that community.
The brick walls remain standing, however,
and can probably be used in rebuilding. Ii
so the loss will be 81 400 or 81 800.
= Says the Neacs and Courier: Mr.. Robert
Marion and Capt. w. D. Palmer killed two
large black bears on recent hunt in Dean
Swamp, in st. Stephens Parish. Berkeley
county. One of them weighed four hundred
pounds. Last summer the bears made fire.
quent raids on the parish corn crop, and
there is trouble brewing for Bruin should
he attempt like prarKs this year.
On Wednesday last the State Supreme
Court took q recess until the 18th of April,
when the April term will convene. The
Sixth circuit will be called on the 18th of
April, for which four days will be allowed:
AS regards the circuits, cases in the original
jurisdiction will have preference on each
Monday Of the term. Applications for ad-
mission to practice must be filed on or be-
fore April Goth.
A cyclone passed through Pickens and
Greenville counties last Sunday night. AT
Liberty station, Pickens county, II. II. Ow-
ems residence was completely destroyed.
Owens was seriously injured. At LaFaX,-
cite, Mr.. Cox residence was blown oifits pill
lars. A negro church and blacksmith shop
were blown down. One store was blown
down. In Greenville county, fences and
chimneys were blown down in many places.
No damage was done in the city of Green
vile.
X Union Times: The number of negroes
leaving this county for the West is increas-
ing every week. Last Monday about
twelve families left here for the land of the
golden sunset. A weekly emigrant train
passes through here every Monday, and it
is generally we'll loaded. Very few of the
worthless negroes are going, which is the
saddest part of the migration. Union can
we'll spare at least one half of its negroes, if
we may Judge from the number seen loafing
around our streets.
A suit for $4,000 damages has been
brought against the South Carolina Railway
by Thomas Quinn, an Augusta carpenter,
who went to Charleston for work after the
earthquake. He was injured in the depot
of the South Carolina Railway at Charleston
by the collision of two cars, his arm being
crushed, and afterwards amputated. Quinn
alleges that the accident was due to negli-
gence on the part of the employees of the
railroad. He has large family in Augusta,
consisting of wife and five or six children,
all dependent upon him.
- Marshall Amaker, the white man con-
victed in the Orangeburg court of the muir
der of Robert Baltzigger, colored, has been
sentenced to be hanged on Friday, June B..
The recommendation to mercy, coupled
with the verdict, has been made the basis of
an appeal to the Governor for commuta-
ton of the sentence, apd it is thought high
ly probable that the sentence will be COM
muted to imprisonment in the penitentlary.
The condemned man is sixty years of age,
his head is white with age, and he has an
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49, Trial Justice Robinson of Anderson
tried darkey last week for stealing shoat,
but the testimony failing, he was dismissed.
The Justice then stated that he had re-
markable rooster which when put under q
pot would crow when the guilty man
touched the pot. He invited the party
present to test their innocence, and all
promptly touched the pot except one negro
u,ho woo prncant and had been SllSDected,
He refused to touch it, saying he was out of
the scrape and wanted to stay so. His trial
is soon to come on, and his conduct on this
occasion Will be part of the testimony
against him. Col. Robinson has Instituted
a new crime detector.
On Friday Policeman Moran, Of Charles
ton, heard that negro named BUST was
abusing his (Moran's) wife. Hurrying
horne, he found the negro beating the lady.
He tried to arrest Buist, but the negro re-
sisted, drew his pistol and fired, inficting
wound in Moran's hand. Moran then
shot the negro in the abdomen, intlicting a
mortal wound. In the melee Mrs. Moran
received a wound in the abdomen, from
the negro's pistol. She suffered much, but
is now in fair way to recover. Bust died
on Sunday night and Moran was put un-
der bond of $500 for his appearance at the
Charleston Sessions Court on the charge OF
homicide.
PROSPECTIVE NEW OFFICEs.-In antici-
patton of the President signing the Inter-
State commerce bill just passed by both
houses of Congress- there is great scram-
BILE for appointment on the commission OF
five provided for in the bill. At the White
House it is said that there are already on